A Unit 7: Contents

Human Dignity in Practice:
Duties and Rights

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7.1            INTRODUCTION: LANGUAGE AND EXPERIENCE

7.1.1            Human dignity

7.1.2            Duties and rights: some basics

7.1.3            ‘Benefit rights’ and ‘freedom rights’

7.1.4            Your study so far and your experience

7.1.5            How the language works

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7.2            CST ON HUMAN DIGNITY, RIGHTS AND DUTIES

7.2.1            CST on human dignity

7.2.2            Historical context: the emergence of ‘human rights’

7.2.3            The ‘Catholic human rights revolution’

7.2.4            CST on rights and duties: the documents

7.2.5            Questions for discussion half way through unit

7.2.6            The human right to religious freedom

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7.3            REVIEW, ASSESSMENT AND ACTION

7.3.1            Summary of CST on rights and duties

7.3.2            Objections to human rights discourse, 1: It’s selfish

7.3.3            Objection 2: Human rights language is individualistic

7.3.4            Objection 3: ‘Rights inflation’

7.3.5            Objection 4: Don’t human rights conflict?

7.3.6            Taking action against human rights abuses

7.3.7            Review and discussion of Unit 7

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7.4            COMMENTS ON UNIT 7

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